發(fā)貼:carboy
先說口語。
17:40的安排,是最后一個(gè),提前到17點(diǎn)去,不用幾分鐘就安排了?,F(xiàn)在703門口的凳子等了一會,正等著有人走出來我走進(jìn)去,盡管2個(gè)小時(shí)前和一位同學(xué)練口語時(shí)練得很不流利,但是當(dāng)時(shí)我坐在門口挺安靜,不緊張。正在等待間,聽到一聲微弱的聲音”com in”,我在琢磨是哪間房間發(fā)出的?703不見有人出來應(yīng)該不是叫我吧?又聽到一聲大聲點(diǎn)的”com in”,我有點(diǎn)猶豫,萬一人家正在面試,進(jìn)去豈不是很嚴(yán)重?又聽到一聲“com in”,更大聲(當(dāng)然,老外的大聲不會真的很大聲的那種),于是推門進(jìn)去,果然里面沒人。原來叫我等的時(shí)候里面已經(jīng)沒人了!怎么網(wǎng)上沒有人說這事?喊了幾聲,不知道老外會不會不高興?
我的老外是AV,也就是今天早上監(jiān)考的其中之一。上午見很好人,現(xiàn)在進(jìn)去好像有點(diǎn)嚴(yán)肅。趕緊“Good afternoon, nice to see you again!”
AV也打了招呼。
忘記他有沒有叫Sit down了,總之沒問就坐下了。
他沒怎么寒暄就按下了錄音機(jī),然后說,“today, I xxxxxx”
我擔(dān)心冷場,就說“I see”,他用手示意叫我讓他說完(以后大家要注意了)。然后說了今天是多少號,考生名字,靠號等等。
第一個(gè)問題“What is your full name?”
好在論壇上有人說起搞不懂full name,要examiner重復(fù)f-u-l-l name的經(jīng)過,要不然我可能也一下反應(yīng)不過來
“Yang zhen ting”
“What can I call you?”很快,沒聽清。
心里快速閃過一個(gè)念頭,“完了,第二個(gè)問題就要“excuse me”了。
好在反應(yīng)快,醒悟過來,馬上“Yang, but you can call me carboy, C-A-R, that's my nickname on Internet”
“Oh, you love cars”
“Yes, sure”
“What do you do?”(忘記準(zhǔn)確的了,反正差不多)
我回答說”I work for China xxxxx”
沒想到他打斷我“I asked what is your job”
我回答不對嗎?奇怪。我趕緊說“I'm the vice director of a department, our company is China xxxx, a telecommunication company, our company provides mobile phone service”
“What is the best thing in your job?”(忘記準(zhǔn)確的了,反正差不多)
我?guī)缀趺摽诙觥癱hallenging”,馬上想起一本書說“challenging”已經(jīng)濫透了,趕緊說“it is very interesting, I can know a lot of people”,馬上又想到這也許也是濫透了,趕緊說“We cooperate many SPs, which is service provider, they provide internet service on the internet, such as Sina, Netease(心想老外肯定不知道,不管了) we cooperate with them xxxxxxxx,胡亂說了兩句話,忘了”
“Then what is the worse thing?”
好家伙,看來不是隨便拿出八股文來完成任務(wù)的家伙,什么問題都有。不過這正中我下懷,我說“High pressure, I have to meet my quota every month, If I don't meet the quota for three months, maybe my boss will fire me, very high pressure”心想,老外,這個(gè)可是新鮮沒聽過吧?于是自信心開始來了。
又問了一些什么鬼問題,忘記了,然后他說“xxxxxx xxxxxx”,意思是cue card來了,我說OK。他也沒給我選,就遞了一個(gè)過來,我一看,并不是大熱門什么exciting period之類,而是什么equipment,沒重點(diǎn)練,不過也練過,于是抓起鉛筆就在cue card說唰唰唰地寫notes。邊寫邊想god damn cue card,說什么?說電腦他肯定聽了100遍了,說其他吧,恐怕不好說,電腦怎么也熟悉點(diǎn),不會卡殼。
cue card是:what is it?
When did you but it?
Is it useful?好像還有一條問題,忘了。
于是我開始說了“one of the equipment is computer, I have a notebook, I use it everyday”
剛說“I brought my computer in 1997”一想一臺電腦怎么可能用那么久?趕緊補(bǔ)充“my first computer. I have changed many computers, because the technology change too fast”
然后說它怎么useful,我說,it is very useful, I can't imagine if I don't have computer, I use it to finish my work, I use it to send e-mail, I use it to communicate with other people, use ICQ(心想不能說QQ,老外不懂),說著說著,我覺得可能太單調(diào)了吧?全是I use it to xxxxxx,這樣下去說到天亮都行了,于是說“I use my computer to write a book”
“A book?”老外來興趣了。
“Yes, I wrote a book, it has been sale(意識到用詞錯(cuò)誤,糾正:)sold over 90 thousand volumes, it was a big sale“準(zhǔn)備one of my success時(shí)候準(zhǔn)備的句子,正好用上。
似乎明顯感覺到老外態(tài)度改變了。說了一兩句之后cue card結(jié)束。
他又開始問問題.”What about the animals in your country”
shit!怎么問起animals來了?!風(fēng)馬牛不相及。也沒有怎么準(zhǔn)備,于是說”maybe there are some living stocks, such as pigs dogs cats. I like cat, But my wife don't allow me to keep a cat(應(yīng)該用doesn't,好象我沒用)”
他接著說what about the animals in your country's agriculture ?
有沒有搞錯(cuò),越問越離譜。我腦海里沒有幾個(gè)動(dòng)物的單詞.我說”maybe they use cows, but actually the farmers don't use cows now, they use machines, they use cows two decade before(忘了是否用ago)”
“What animals do Chinese fear?”
什么?這都問?我說”actually people don't fear animal, maybe they fear tiger, but now we seldom see them”看自己回答得不怎么樣,就隨便補(bǔ)充了一句“panda in china are famous , but we seldom see them”
好在他不問animal了,接著問xxxxx shoping xxxxx in your home?說得很快,沒聽清,不過也知道是問家里誰主要做shoping,心想,怎么又扯到shoping來了?我這真是cue card大全啊,于是回答“My wife does. Actually I don't like shopping, My wife xxxxx xxxx說了幾句”。
“What is the worse in shopping?”窮追不舍。
我說”The worse thing is I accompany my wife for a long day and don't buy anything. Xxxxxx xxxxxx”扯了幾句。
“OK. About the technology, what do you thing the technology after 50 years?”“Oh 50 yeas, long distance, No, long period.””I think computer will be there, I think automobile will be there.”“I think TV will be there”“Oh, may be TV won't be there, we can use computer to watch TV programs”xxxxxx xxxxxx又扯了幾句。
“What is the negative thing about technology do you think?”
“Oh, there are not many. Maybe the weapon. xxxxxx”又扯了一兩句。還扯到Iraq war”most technology are useful”。突然想一個(gè)例子,”I think of it, Maybe colone (克隆)of the human is another one. I think it should be banned by law”又說了可能將來computer太發(fā)達(dá),會像電影terminator 2一樣殺人,再扯了幾句。
后來好像還有問題,不記得了,總之這個(gè)AV話題真多,不知道對其他考生都這樣還是對我這樣。不過總體來講,我還是比較滿意今天的回答。盡管問題多,不過正好適合我,我比較擅長Free talk,我最怕背誦cue card。
總結(jié)幾點(diǎn)經(jīng)驗(yàn):
1. Keep talking。我比較滿意今天不停地說,基本上沒有出現(xiàn)“呃…..呃…….的情況”,這是我覺得最重要的,也是我最擔(dān)心的??傊灰苁裁凑Z法,單復(fù)數(shù),先把話說出來。
2.想辦法說一些有趣的話題,something special
3.當(dāng)然最重要不要慌
4.良好的手勢有助于建立你的自信心。
5.注意衣著。另外我今天筆試完,回家再出來時(shí)換了一套衣服,穿了襯衣打了領(lǐng)帶,雖然覺得過于正式,但是我上午留意到兩個(gè)考官都打了領(lǐng)帶,要是對方很正式,自己很隨便,會覺得很不尊重。良好的衣著會給對方留下好感。我看有些人衣著很隨便,可能第一印象就不好了。另外天氣很熱,我怕有漢味,用了點(diǎn)古龍水。對老外來說,香水是很正常的。
6.另外AV喜歡說話很小聲,我平時(shí)說話比較大聲,不過我今天做到了。我覺得老外是不喜歡很大聲的。
總之,今天覺得口語比較滿意。
二、筆試
1.說回筆試。今天7點(diǎn)45分到達(dá)考場。其實(shí)根本不用提前太早,8點(diǎn)后都可能沒問題,因?yàn)樵谧呃日玖撕芫玫却?yàn)證。工作人員不斷提醒關(guān)手機(jī)。我等到8點(diǎn)45分左右才能進(jìn)座位。進(jìn)了座位后找貼在桌面上的標(biāo)簽找自己的名字對號入座。老外不厭其煩地再提醒關(guān)手機(jī),這個(gè)那個(gè)注意事項(xiàng)。到9點(diǎn)多一點(diǎn),聽力開始,發(fā)試卷之前公布版本號,V79。由于我沒記V79是哪幾個(gè)版本混合,所以沒概念。到了可以看試卷之后,翻了一下,全是預(yù)測中的重點(diǎn)版本,真是對各位老師心存感激加佩服。不過聽力開始播放后,竟一時(shí)眼花,section 1(V69 S1)那個(gè)節(jié)目和時(shí)間、票價(jià)的表看少三個(gè)空格。我當(dāng)時(shí)心里還在嘀咕,怎么這道題才2個(gè)填空?到后來發(fā)現(xiàn)為時(shí)已晚,漏了三個(gè)答案,分別是:吃的:【coffee and sandwiches】票數(shù):【2張】9. (2 pounds includes)(注意這個(gè)有幾個(gè)機(jī)經(jīng)都漏了)然后students discount:【50%】怎么我明明聽到的是15%,唉,可能又錯(cuò)了。還有3、地點(diǎn):(48 North Avenue )我記得怎么是west street?總之這題錯(cuò)了不少。然后S2是V72的S2,S3是V29的S3,S4是V70的S4。總之感覺時(shí)間過得很快,嘩啦啦就到了最后一題了,跟做練習(xí)的感覺不同。然后趕緊抄答案。這次版本預(yù)測那么準(zhǔn)確,估計(jì)全世界的分?jǐn)?shù)都會很高(除了我,呵呵)。希望不要導(dǎo)致考官一看,怎么錯(cuò)的都一樣?!來個(gè)大平反,那就完了。
2.然后到了閱讀。據(jù)說A類的很難,不過我是G類,文章不難,不過T/F/NG和配對題特別多,好像只有一個(gè)選擇題!定位難死了,找到頭昏眼花,最后時(shí)間不夠,關(guān)于新西蘭gum樹那篇有幾題是隨便蒙的。聽sue老師介紹買了一本《新西蘭風(fēng)情錄》一直沒看,后悔中。總之考完也是稀里糊涂,不知道情況怎么樣。
3.休息的時(shí)候,有個(gè)考官拎著個(gè)包問這是誰的?原來手機(jī)響了兩次。唉,這人怎么搞的,都說了100次要關(guān)手機(jī),還開。結(jié)果取消了考試。同情。不過要是我發(fā)現(xiàn)那種情況就不要那個(gè)包了,死無對證算了。
4.到了寫作??脊俟糣103,腦海搜刮一點(diǎn)印象都沒有。這次又跟上兩次一樣,G類預(yù)測又不準(zhǔn)。A類就好了,全中。試卷發(fā)下來一看,TAKS1,There's a small accident in the kitchen of your rented apartment/flat. Write a letter to your landlord to explain the accident and damage, and ask what you should do next.。dam,關(guān)于Kitchen的詞平時(shí)都沒留意,不會兩個(gè),怎么編故事?有點(diǎn)頭疼。只好編個(gè)oven著火的故事。Task2是Do you agree or disagree that people now spend much more money and time on their appearance and pay more attention to how they look than before. Give reasons and use examples with your experience.唉,自己寫了十篇八篇范文全部沒用,只好重新想起。平時(shí)學(xué)的好句子好詞匯全顧不上了,先把文章寫出來,寫夠字?jǐn)?shù)再說。這樣寫來感覺到句子特別簡單,詞匯也很單調(diào),有時(shí)候也重復(fù),唉,不管了,事后想到好句子都用不上,因?yàn)椴幌耠娔X一樣可以隨時(shí)插入句子。不過我在每一段都留了個(gè)空行,以便事后字?jǐn)?shù)不夠的時(shí)候補(bǔ)上。事后發(fā)現(xiàn)這是一個(gè)好辦法,我都把空行都補(bǔ)上了。作文寫完時(shí)間還有10分鐘,可以仔細(xì)檢查修改一下。做寫作的時(shí)候考官太負(fù)責(zé),20分鐘后提醒一次,剩下一個(gè)小時(shí)提醒一次,剩下半個(gè)小時(shí)提醒一次,剩下20分鐘之后提醒得更頻繁,形成嚴(yán)重干擾,好煩。我前面有個(gè)考生,考官叫停了還在寫,給考官做了記號。
整個(gè)考試回憶就這樣,供大家參考,good luck!